Wow, he’s such a pretty baby!
Well, 2010 is upon us……And although I would like to say that I accomplished everything that I wanted to do (as I had resolved in my other blog, Decimation of Procrastination), unfortunately, I didn’t. This post today isn’t about what I did and did not accomplish, though; I just don’t feel like being bothered. LOL. Oh, don’t get me wrong–I am still about setting and accomplishing goals. I just haven’t thought long and hard yet about all the things upon which to focus for this year. So, until I do that, I don’t want to comment much about my goals.
Things are going well in the Appiah household! Still feeling a bit guilty about my divided attention. But you know what? I think it’s normal. I’m pretty sure most moms that I have and will talk to will agree that having another child creates a certain mixture of guilt, excitement, happiness, overwhelming-ness, etc. But that goes along with it all, right? 🙂
Kwabena is so in love with his brother! He kisses him all the time! He softly talks to the baby and tries to calm him when he’s sleeping. And the best thing is that I can trust him with the baby in that I can leave the room and not have to worry about him hurting the baby, or bothering the baby in negative ways. In fact, just this morning, I went and took a shower (probably 10 minutes), and the baby was still sleeping soundly in his swing next to Kwabena, while he got himself dressed. Awesome!
Ohene is doing very well, too! I have forgotten (okay, not really forgotten, but you know what I mean) how much work a newborn is. Well, not really WORK, per se, but just demanding of attention. The minute he cries, I have to stop what I am doing and tend to his needs. Luckily, he’s easily pacified, so he’s really an “easy” baby so far, in that sense.
The middle of the night tends to be the most exhausting, and THAT is a part I did forget about. Ohene’s new nickname is “Mr. Grunt” (sing in the tune of “Mr. Grinch” Christmas song…):
“You’re a loud one….. Mr. Grunt. You keep me up all niiiighttt! As soon I lay you down, You start to hem and haw, Mr. Grunnnnttttt………..”
Thank sums up my evenings with him! I have even started going to bed early. Not really by choice, but because I am tired. If it was my choice, as soon as both kids are in bed, I would knit. I’m still working on that cool sweater for Ohene (90% done!). I still have tons of projects to do. But until he starts sleeping more soundly, looks like my knitting time might take a hit for now.
I’m just glad I’m not one of those people that needs tons of sleep. Really, I don’t. I could get by OK on 5 hours. But when it’s 5 hours of INTERRUPTED sleep….yeah, that is where it gets hard. But, I’m managing, just as I did with Kwabena, and I know I will continue to rock out this Motherhood thing, even being a Mom of Two Boys. 🙂
As for New Year’s Eve, of course we didn’t do any thing out of the ordinary. In fact, I was exhausted, but had planned to stay awake. But after eating a good dinner (Tofurky!!) and drinking a small glass of champagne (Tosti Asti!), I was DONE. I went in to nurse Ohene around 11:30 p.m. and didn’t make it much past that. LOL….I did eat some chocolate ice cream in bed, with two very fattening brownie cookies, and didn’t even make it to midnight. Oh well! Kwasi was in the living room, and didn’t make it to midnight, either! And of course Kwabena was knocked out! Wow–what party animals we are……LOL
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